The round protects from round sun,
and the bland from bland sun,
and the pointy, pointy sun.

But in a store of infinite hats,
You can only pick one.

In fact, you don’t have to pick
but only so does the fool
who turns his head away
and averts his eyes
resulting in all kinds of sunburn

while the round only gets round burn
and the bland, only bland burn
and the pointy, pointy burn.

There is, however, a right hat
which protects from all sun,
and gets no sunburn

but this here is the trick
because the round think round hats are right,
and the bland think bland hats are right,
and the pointy, pointy

so they all get sunburn
even the fool
who does not choose a hat

But Mr. Vendor sir, I ask
Which hat do you wear?
And he mumbled an excuse of confusion, fear and ignorance.

-Malaika Kironde

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In a world full of opinionated persons and a whole realm of controversies and different thinking measures, sometimes it is difficult to so confidently flaunt your views and opinions whenever an opportunity shows up. In some cases, we prefer not to have an opinion at all in regards to to certain issues because it feels like that would give us a neutral stand. Now, regardless of whether or not we have opinions of our own, shaped either by fact or fiction, it does not alter the fact that the controversies will in fact affect us (directly or indirectly). You can only run so far.

Opinion or not, we’re all in this together. Speaking from my point of values, regardless of how controversal a subject may seem, I would rather not compromise – especially if I know that my stand is true.

Featured image: UMOJA. Translated, “Unity”. Acrylics on Canvas. (Uhm, I guess that should do😅). Inspired by African music, dance and vibrance. (Did it a while back, and forgot to put my sign on it; pardon the cover up).